Project

On projects and programs, all roads must lead to profits and cashflow! Living in a highly competitive world, delivering strategic programs and projects is futile unless backed by financial alignment, cost discipline, and superior profitability. The pressures of managing costs and expenses are here to stay. Business leaders have little influence on revenue; they could, … Read more

Timesheet Management Software – The key to accurate project resource and cost management! One of the key components of cost management is the way companies manage human resources. Three important dimensions of resource cost management are: Without a robust Timesheet Management System, business leaders would find it extremely tedious and complex to manage resource cost … Read more

As a project manager or a business leader, how could I improve project performance? The above question seems to be the proverbial Achilles’ heel for project managers and business leaders alike – and more so during the project and personal performance evaluation! While PSA Software could be a great enabler to project teams, it is … Read more

Professional services enterprises are leveraging the top-of-the-line automation suites, to drive greater efficiency, productivity, and collaboration. Engineering, law, healthcare, design, and consulting firms are understanding the core benefits offered by automation professional services software solutions, as they are a critical part of an overall digital transformation journey. To unlock the underlying advantages that a PSA software … Read more

Growth is the lifeblood of a professional services enterprise. As senior executives, revenue growth for professional services is an essential determinator of your success. Studies indicate that the revenue growth strategy that decision-makers at professional services pursue could drive 30% higher returns compared to their peers. Growth could be organic or inorganic. Organic growth relies … Read more

Project Management Let us face it. Irrespective of the nature of the project and its objectives, cost control in project management is – and would continue to be an important measure of project success. Unfortunately, many project managers and team members are still not comfortable managing this dimension of project management – they are contented … Read more

For organizations and teams working on customer RFPs, developing proposals is a key challenge. Balancing the rigor and speed of proposal creation is what proposal writing teams find hard. Most proposal management software vendors tend towards a ‘feature-centric design’ rather than a ‘solution-centric design.’ How is a top-class business proposal automation software distinctly different from … Read more

Capacity & Resource Planning: Consider these. Let us delve deeper. The nature of the professional services industry is such that it relies on its people resources to deliver value to customers – day after day. It is the people resources that offer ‘knowledge’ or ‘intellectual’ services to clients. While the opportunity to charge ‘premium’ price … Read more

PSA Software: Over the past couple of decades, IT offshoring and outsourcing have grown significantly. However, the traditional approach of staff augmentation (where clients paid for each staff member a service provider added to complete an IT contract) soon made way for a robust model under which managed service providers (MSP) deliver specific capabilities for … Read more